Self-paced
Rotelle: You are too old to address effectively the difficult issues facing the country, such as nuclear power, poverty, and pollution.
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Structure: Counter-Argument
In this stimulus (which, for what it's worth, is a reference to a famous moment in a 1984 debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale), Rotelle argues that Sims is too old to deal with the issues facing the country. Sims responds by saying that, because he doesn't want to make "age an issue" in the campaign, he will not comment on Rotelle's "youth and inexperience."
6.
Sims does which one of ███ ██████████
a
demonstrates that Rotelle’s █████ ██ █████████
Incorrect. Sims never shows that Rotelle is "incorrect" to claim that Sims is too old to deal with difficult issues.
b
avoids mentioning the █████ ██ ███
Incorrect. Sims directly mentions the issue of age, even while claiming that he does not want to make it an issue in the campaign.
c
proposes a way ██ ██████ █████ ██████ ███ █████████
Incorrect. Sims's response doesn't propose any way of deciding which issues are important or not.
d
shows that Rotelle’s █████████ ██ ██████████████████
Incorrect. Sims's response never shows a contradiction in Rotelle's claim that Sims is too old to deal with certain difficult issues. Notice that even if it were true, and not just a rhetorical claim, that Rotelle's "youth and inexperience" also made Rotelle unfit to deal with the difficult issues facing the country, Rotelle's claim might be ironic, but it would still not be "self-contradictory." All Rotelle says is that Sims is too old to deal with the difficult issues facing the country. There is no contradiction in that statement alone, and Sims doesn't try to show that there is.
e
fails to respond ████████ ██ ███████████ █████
Correct. Sims responds by turning the age issue around and commenting on Rotelle's "youth and inexperience." But Sims never directly replies to the claim that he is too old to deal with the difficult issues facing the country.